Banshee, the free audio player for GNU/Linux operating systems built on Mono and Gtk, is quickly moving along to it’s 1.0 release. Currently, you can download their latest Beta release (0.99.2) which shows a lot of promise …

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The first beta of KDE 4.1 has been released. The final version of KDE 4.1 is expected to ship on …

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AMD has released Catalyst 8.5 drivers for Linux in x86 and x86_64 variants.

Download drivers at http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html.

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Microsoft today has announced today that Office 2007 will support the Open document Format (ODF) v1.1. along with PDF 1.5, and their own XML Paper Specification in their next service pack (2) currently slated for release in the first half of 2009.

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A neat feature found within the new Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Beta is a simple scroll to zoom function. By using the keyboard and the scroll wheel on the mouse, you can either increase or reduce the size of the contacts in your list, or zoom in and out of your IM conversation.

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Skype today has released an updated version of Skype for Mac 2.7. Two new features found in Skype for Mac 2.7 update is support for NAT-PMP and uPnP protocals and ability to work with authenticated proxies.

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Canonical, the commercial parent of the of the open source Ubuntu operating system and Parallels, maker of virtualization software for Windows, Linux, and Mac announced a partnership today to sell Parallels Workstation for Linux through Ubuntu’s Partner Repository. This allows Ubuntu users easy access to try and purchase Parallels software, while giving Canonical another revenue source for their sponsorship of the Ubuntu software. In the not so distant future you can say “sudo apt-get Parallels” and voila … virtualization baby!

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Fedora 9 Alpha was made available to the public earlier this week, which can be downloaded the traditional from one of Fedora’s mirrors. In the meantime, Fedora Unity has announced the availability of Fedora 9 via Jigdo. For people unfamiliar with the jiggy Jidgo, the application can save you a lot of bandwidth and time if you already have the data (maybe a local mirror or previously released media), and has been
proposed as a feature for Fedora 9. For more information on how to use Jigdo or pyJigdo visit here or here. Lastly, after you have installed jigdo or pyjigdo via Yum run it with the following Jigdo file : http://fedorahosted.org/pyjigdo/ .

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Today, Skype has released a new beta version of Skype 2.0 for Linux. With the 2.x series, Skype for Linux now allows for video conferencing, group chats and conference calls with your Skype contacts. In addition, Skype 2.0.0.43 adds several new features (can use X11 overlay without Xv and several Click and Hold additional features), while addressing a large list of bugfixes. Linux users of Skype can download the Skype 2.0 beta here.

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Microsoft has formally announced an offer to the Yahoo! board of directors to purchase all remaining shares of Yahoo! for $31 a share or an aggregate of $44.6 billion dollars for the company. For Yahoo! stock owners, this means that their lagging portfolio got a much needed boost. On Microsoft’s part, they believe the addition of Yahoo! to their online portfolio will make them that much more competitive with Google. If I was Yahoo! I would take the deal in a heartbeat. Although Yahoo! seemed to have unlimited potential a few years back they have grown into nothing more than a glorified bulletin board system. Yahoo! still commands one of the most viewed portals on the planet, but their underlying engines for search and advertising is lackluster at best and has limited future growth (i.e. Yahoo! take the money and run).

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For Ebay sellers and buyers for that matter, they should be interested in Ebay’s revamped selling policy. The company has experienced stagnant growth, while online competitors like Amazon has seen continual growth in their online sales. Because of that Ebay is lowering selling fee’s (while slightly raising final cost fees), offering free gallery listings, and for the first time offering discounts for “power sellers.” Ebay is also making other modifications to promote Ebay’s top sellers, while lowering the exposure of sellers who have less than stellar track records.

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